The History of Caliph Vathek

The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.

• | Author: William Beckford
• | Publisher: Alpha Edition
• | Publication Date: Oct 27, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 102 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 938678033X
• | ISBN-13: 9789386780331